I´ll start a new project... once again. The idea is to paint some warbands and create a modular game board for Mordheim... in 15mm. For this I´m planning to use 4Ground houses, and a mix of Demonworld and Splintered Light Miniatures figures.

Lo primero que voy a hacer es el tablero. Tras varias pruebas decidí usar secciones de 20x20 cm.
------------------------------------------------- The first thing I´ll do is the board. After some tests, I decided to use 20x20 cm sections.

------------------------------------------------The idea is creat a base with the bigger board and use the wooden battens to fit the four sections (in different combinations) without moving. In this video you can see one demostration of how it will works. Pay attention to the cut on the corners, that will help on removing the sections with ease.

---------------------------------------I was not very happy with the figure I painted before to represent Buliwyf. I like the figure itself, but I think it did not represent the character... After painting this last batch of characters I noticed a figure (below left) that closely resembled Buliwyf when it reaches the village, with his helmet and a fur coat. The problem is that the figure carried an axe and Buliwyf a sword, so I had to do a conversion to the already painted figures... I replaced the axe by the sword of the figure to the right and add some long hair with putty.

-------------------------------------------Although I could not do many pictures, I´ve continued playing with my son and testing Knight Quest rules during Christmas. Here you have some photos of the one of those games... one of the few where my son played with the knights, as he has developed a peculiar taste for being the one controling the "monsters"...

----------------------------------------------The other day I was finally able to use for the first time a couple of things that were pending: Lion Rampant ruleset and LOTR figures in 10mm. The lists were:

Todo parecía perdido para los hombres de Gondor, pero el ímpetu de los orcos les llevó a arriesgarse demasiado... Su capitán murió en un desafío contra el capitán de los hombres y las unidades de orcos, que habían derrotado a varias unidades enemigas, estaban tan mermadas que no pudieron hacer frente a la última unidad de lanceros y los arqueros.
----------------------------------------All seemed lost for the men of Gondor, but the momentum of the orcs led them to risk too much... Its captain was killed in a challenge against the captain of men and the units of orcs, who had defeated several enemy units, were so decimated that can not deal with the last unit of spearmen and archers.

En un solo turno se cambiaron las tornas, momento en el cual se acabó la partida (el final es aleatorio cuando quedan 5 unidades o menos sobre la mesa). Una unidad de lanceros y otra de arqueros quedaban aún sobre la mesa, pero todos los orcos habían sido exterminados, a excepción de la unidad de hombres del este. ¡Victoria por tanto para los hombres de Gondor!
------------------------------------------------Suddenly, in one turn the tables turned, at which point the game is over (the game ends randomly once there are five units or less on the table). A unit of spearmen and another of archers were still on the table, but all the orcs had been exterminated, except for men of the east. Victory for the men of Gondor!

Me ha gustado bastante el reglamento. Tiene cosas que me recuerdan a Warmaster (mi reglamento fetiche) pero aplicadas a una escaramuza y planteadas de una forma más sencilla (las órdenes para activar, por ejemplo, en lugar de hacerse con liderazgo 8 se hacen a 5+ en 2d6). Solo hay una cosa que no me ha gustado y que no he entendido muy bien el por qué, y es que hay que dejar 3" de espacio entre unidades (jugando a 28mm). Me parece mucha distancia, aunque como yo voy a jugar a 15mm probablemente reduzca las distancias a la mitad y no se note tanto. En fin, estoy deseando jugar alguna partida más y probarlo con las figuras de 15mm que estoy pintando de El Guerrero nº 13.---------------------------------------------------I do like the rules. Some things remind me Warmaster rules (my fetish ruleset) but applied to a skirmish game and showed in a simpler form (the activation orders, for example, rather than using leadership 8 are just a 5+ to go with 2d6). There is only one thing I did not like..., you must leave a 3" distance between units (playing with 28mm). It looks like a lot of distance to me, but as I will play 15mm I´ll likely reduce the distances by half and thus it won´t be so much distand. Anyway, I'm looking forward to playing some more games and try the 15mm figures I'm painting for The 13th Warrior.

What if I have clear
is that I will not do conversions (sorry, no gladiator helmet ...).
I´ve searched figures that recall the main characters, but the rest will
be generic figures. All figures used are Splintered Light Miniatures.

Ahmad ibn Fadlan (Ibn)

Buliwyf

Esta figura tiene dos problemas: uno que tiene barba (y Buliwyf no) y
otro que es muy pequeña (incluso más que Ibn). La he puesto sobre una
base un poco más elavada...
----------------------------------------------This figure has two problems: one is that it has a beard (and Buliwyf
does not) and the other one is that it is very small (even more than
Ibn). I've put it on a base a little more elevated...

Halga

Esta figura, que es MUY grande, sirve para Halga

-----------------------------------------This figure, which is VERY large, serves to represent Halga